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The Healing Herbs at Your Thanksgiving Table — A Kitchen Materia Medica

The Healing Herbs at Your Thanksgiving Table — ...

As autumn deepens and we gather around the table to give thanks, it’s worth noticing not just the roasts, the pies, and the casseroles, but also the living medicine in...

The Healing Herbs at Your Thanksgiving Table — ...

As autumn deepens and we gather around the table to give thanks, it’s worth noticing not just the roasts, the pies, and the casseroles, but also the living medicine in...

5 Ways to Work With Elder

5 Ways to Work With Elder

If there’s one plant I reach for year after year, it’s elder.She’s medicine for the liminal in-betweens — the shift of seasons, the first whisper of illness, the soft rebuilding...

5 Ways to Work With Elder

If there’s one plant I reach for year after year, it’s elder.She’s medicine for the liminal in-betweens — the shift of seasons, the first whisper of illness, the soft rebuilding...

[Materia Medica] Elder (Sambucus spp)

[Materia Medica] Elder (Sambucus spp)

Elder (Sambucus spp) Have you ever stood beneath an elder tree?There’s something ancient about it—like the air changes. The branches hum quietly, the way a wise old woman hums to...

[Materia Medica] Elder (Sambucus spp)

Elder (Sambucus spp) Have you ever stood beneath an elder tree?There’s something ancient about it—like the air changes. The branches hum quietly, the way a wise old woman hums to...

[Herbal Action] Expectorants

[Herbal Action] Expectorants

The body always tries to help us heal... always striving for balance... even when it looks messy. Think about a cough.It’s loud. It’s uncomfortable. It interrupts sleep, work, and conversation.But...

[Herbal Action] Expectorants

The body always tries to help us heal... always striving for balance... even when it looks messy. Think about a cough.It’s loud. It’s uncomfortable. It interrupts sleep, work, and conversation.But...

Roots & Councils: Mvskoke Plant Wisdom for Native American Heritage Month

Roots & Councils: Mvskoke Plant Wisdom for Nati...

This month, as we honor Native American Heritage Month, I feel called to step softly into the green library of my own lineage — the Muscogee (Mvskoke/Creek) people. On my paternal...

Roots & Councils: Mvskoke Plant Wisdom for Nati...

This month, as we honor Native American Heritage Month, I feel called to step softly into the green library of my own lineage — the Muscogee (Mvskoke/Creek) people. On my paternal...

The Owens Sisters' Apothecary: Practical Magic

The Owens Sisters' Apothecary: Practical Magic

There’s something about Practical Magic that sinks into your bones. The way Alice Hoffman writes — it’s like stepping through the kitchen door of a family that’s lived on the...

The Owens Sisters' Apothecary: Practical Magic

There’s something about Practical Magic that sinks into your bones. The way Alice Hoffman writes — it’s like stepping through the kitchen door of a family that’s lived on the...